Edition 5009, 31 May, 2007

 

Navy farewells Fremantles
HMA ships Townsville and Ipswich, the final two Fremantle Class Patrol Boats, decommissioned on May 11 marking the end of the Fremantle era.
 
ON FIRE:
Pip Borrman in his Edge 540 puts on an impressive acrobatic display during the Fleet Air Arm Museum’s air show at HMAS Albatross.
Photo: ABPH Craig Owen

Satellite TV plan for ships at sea The one thing POWTR Toni Heane really misses when she is deployed on one of the RAN ships is sitting down and watching her favourite TV show.
Navy carries the weight HMA ships Manoora and Betano have been involved in a successful joint exercise with the Army’s new M1A1 Abrams tank.
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Features
The Sea Change Implementation Team (SCIT), on behalf of the Chief of Navy, would like to thank everyone who took the time and effort to complete an Occupational Analysis (OA) form.

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Do you hear there! - Retention talk
Legal sea eagle soars

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The night World War II came to Sydney – May 31/June 1, 1942 – will be remembered tomorrow (June 1).

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Sydney Harbour’s rude awakening

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IGADF monitor of justice In January 2003, the Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF) Geoff Earley began with an office, a pen, a blank sheet of paper and a mission to monitor the health of military justice in the ADF.
   
  Blue sky debut In its 33 year history the Australian Air Museum has actually been officially opened four times.    
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Lifestyle
SMART MONEY
Your debts are at the frontline of your financial battlefield. Combat your debts and you will win the financial battle. ASIC Commissioner Jeffrey Lucy explains.
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SLIPPED DISC
CD reviews of 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' by Arctic Monkeys and 'The Best Of The Band: A Musical History' by The Band
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SPILT POPCORN - Anzac memories
Film review of Andrew Denton’s documentary 'Gallipoli: Brothers in Arms'.
Plus DVD giveaway and Competition winners
   
OFF THE SHELF - Taking a close-up look Book reviews of 'Battle Rattle' by Hans Halbertstadt and '5000+ Days' by Harold Evans    
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Sport

It took the combined talents of Army and Air Force to finally extinguish Navy’s chance of winning the NSW inter-Service Hockey Championship at the Olympic facilities at Sydney’s Homebush state sports centre in early May.
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The Australian Defence Organisation won 20 gold medals at the Arafura Games in Darwin from May 11-19 and also managed to pick up a fair swag of silver and bronzes.
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